Ball-bearing.



J. NEWMANN.

BALL BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED APR- I9. um.

1 ,266, 145. Patented May 14, 1918.

JOHN NEWMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BALL-IBEABIN G.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1918.

Application filed April 19, 1917. Serial No. 163,115.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN NEWMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ball-Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to ball bearings, particularly of the class in which cages are employed for holding and separating the balls.

An important object of my invention is to provide cages in form of solid perforated rings and rings split into two-halves, to be used separately or in conjunction with the former, and which will permit the parts to be readily assembled and securely maintained in assembled position.

A further object of my invention is to provide means, whereby the sections of the split rings can be readily joined to form a single piece after the parts are properly assembled and which can be easily removed without damaging the cage.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawing, which forms part of this specification and in which similar reference characters denote corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 2, showing the use of a solid cage and a sectional cage in conjunction; Fig. 2 is a section on line 11 of Fig. 1 and Figs. 3 and tare partial plan views of modified forms of a split cage.

Referring to the drawing, a denotes the outer shell, I; the cone, 0 0* the cages and d the balls. v

The inner cone b is shown composed of two annular sections b 6 each of which has a portion of its outer surface, as at b, slanting so that when the two sections are assembled or joined together, they will form together a V-shaped groove 6 on their outer circumference, The outer shell in this case is provided with a spherically shaped groove a The two sections of the cone may be joined together by a bushing c, to which the two sections 6 b of the inner cone are suitably fixed. The inner diameter of the cone is made somewhat larger than the outer diameter of the shaft, and is designed to accommodate the bushing e which is to fit on the particular shaft. The cage 0 consists of an annular member or ringiwhich on its circumference is provided with a plurality of circular perforations c, the inner circumference of which is spherically shaped so as to embrace a portion of the outer hemisphere. The balls in this case can be inserted only from inside the cage and will be held in assembled position by the cone 6. Owing to the V-shaped groove 6* this ball bearin can be used when the bearing surfaces 0% the outer shell or cone are worn 01f the bearing can be adjusted by grinding off the adjoining surfaces 6 b of the sectional cone to bring them closer together and thereby raise the bearing points for the balls or by inserting shims (not shown) between said adjoining surfaces lower said points.

The cage c is also provided with a plurality of circular perforations, the inner circumferences of which are spherically shaped to embrace a portion of the inner hemisphere, so that the balls can be inserted only from outside the cage and will be maintained in assembled position by the sectional shell.

In order to enable the assembling of the balls within the inner shell without using the cone or around the cone without using the shell, I provide a cage which is split into two sections and which after the assembling of the balls can be joined together to form a single piece. This split cage may be used either separatelyor in conjunction with-the heretofore described solid cage.

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annular sections together after the balls E. D. JUNIOR, have been assembled therein. MAX D. ORDMANN. 

